Review of POD by Stephen Wallenfels

Josh is 15 and stuck in his house with his OCD dad. They're running
out of food... Megs is 12, alone and trapped in a multi-storey carpark.
The hotel next door is under the control of dangerous security staff,
but Megs has something they want, and they'll do anything to get it...

When the aliens invade, the real enemy becomes humanity itself.

What would you do to survive?

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the start the story really hooked me in and I couldn't stop
reading! It follows the stories of two kids who are trapped in very
different situations after an Alien invasion, although the things that
happen to them mirror each other.

After
the Aliens have invaded no-one can go outside without getting 'deleted'
by the PODs (Pearls of Death) which makes for some pretty interesting
and slightly claustrophobic reading! Josh is 15 and he's stuck in his
home with his Father in Washington and Megs is 12 and is stuck in a car
parking lot in Los Angeles. Josh is having to deal with his Father's OCD
on top of everything else, and that puts him in some very stressful
situations. On top of that, he has no idea if his Mother is alive - the
same as Megs. Her Mother left her in their car just before the Invasion,
for a 'Job Interview', promising to come back soon. Of course, because
of the invasion she doesn't come back and Megs has to learn to fend for
herself - and not let herself be seen by a gang of thugs that have taken
over the Hotel that the Parking Lot is attached to. She's pretty
resourceful, finding both food and water in various different places,
including 'Bloaters' - dead bodies.

The
story flows really well throughout, switching fromA Josh to Megs each
chapter. Josh's Dad slowly gets weirder and weirder and Megs' hiding
places become smaller and smaller until three quarters of the way
through both are forced to take drastic action. There's some pretty
heavy subjects later on, so this is definitely not a fluffy read! The
ending worked very well but I was rather disappointed that we didn't get
concrete answers. There were a few too many unanswered questions, so
I'm hoping that a sequel will be released!